39．A．dangerous　　 B．exciting　　　　　　　 C．normal　　　　　　　　 D．disappointing

38．A．producers　　 B．viewers　　　　　　　 C．directors　　　　　　 D．actors

37．A．crowd　　　　　 B．house　　　　　　　　　 C．battlefield　　　　　　 D．camera

36．A．simply　　　　　 B．really　　　　　　　　　 C．merely　　　　　　　　 D．even

55．A．patiently　　　 B．lonely　　　　　　　　　 C．alone　　　　　　　　　 D．worriedly

2005高考英语 (湖北卷)

You are near the front line of a battle .Around you shells are exploding ;people are shooting from a house behind you .What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier .You aren’t　 36　 carrying a gun .You’re standing in front of a　　 37　 and you’re telling the TV　　 38　 what is happening.

It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter ,and it can be very　　 39　 .In the first two years of the　 40　 in former Yugoslavia(前南斯拉夫),28 reporters and photographers were killed .Hundreds more were　　 41　 .What kind of people put themselves in danger to　 42　 pictures to our TV screens and　 43　 to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?

“I think it’s every young journalist’s　　 44　 to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s　　 45　 you find the excitement .So when the first opportunity comes ,you take it　　 46　 it is a war.”But there are moments of　　 47　 . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes ,when you’re lying on the ground and bullets (子弹)are flying　 48　 your ears ,you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling　　 49　 after a while and when the next war starts , you’ll be　 50　 .”

“None of us believes that we’re going to　　 51　 ,” adds Michael .But he always　 52　 a lucky charm(护身符)with him .It was given to him by his wife for his first war .It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh,　　 53　 ,and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this ,I　　 54　 I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God　 55　 ,because you know he doesn’t believe you .”

54．A．missed　　　　 B．separated　　　　　　 C．passed　　　　　　　　 D．gone

53．A．while　　　　　 B．since　　　　　　　　　 C．for　　　　　　　　　　　 D．once

52．A．bed　　　　　　　 B．tent　　　　　　　　　　 C．blanket　　　　　　　　 D．sleeping-bag

51．A．away　　　　　 B．with　　　　　　　　　　 C．off　　　　　　　　　　　 D．on

50．A．all others　　　 B．some others　　　　 C．others　　　　　　　　 D．the others